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Get Some Fun Illinois And Iowa Events In Your Life With The FUN10

April 16th, 2023
Get Some Fun Illinois And Iowa Events In Your Life With The FUN10

Find fun in Illinois and Iowa with your FUN10! Fun10 — ten ways for you to have fun in the Quad-Cities, this week and every week, running every Sunday, only on your site for fun, free, local entertainment, QuadCities.com! Every Sunday, we drop a new Fun10, to give you a head start on your week and a heads up on what’s going on over the coming seven days. Check out Fun10 every Sunday for the details on ten awesome events happening around town. It’s a cool read, and a great way to get started planning your entertainment for the week. So what’s on the Fun10 for this week? Read on… Ballet... Read More

Art Of The Brew Served Up At Iowa’s Figge Museum Tonight

April 14th, 2023
Art Of The Brew Served Up At Iowa's Figge Museum Tonight

Join us for Art of the Brew at the Figge Art Museum on Friday April 14 for the chance to sample some of the best craft beers in the Quad Cities area all in support of the Figge! With your souvenir tasting glass, sample beers and mead from nine participating businesses and enjoy live music as you browse our silent auction or try your luck with a spin on our Mystery Wheel of Beer. Learn more: ART OF THE BREW  Read More

Join Ballet Quad Cities At Davenport’s Figge Museum Tonight

April 13th, 2023
Join Ballet Quad Cities At Davenport's Figge Museum Tonight

Join Davenport’s Figge Museum, 225 2nd St., for an original performance by Ballet Quad Cities inspired by the fabulous exhibit Sporting Fashion: Outdoor Girls 1800-1960. 5:00 Cash bar and Art buffet 6:30 performance Admission is free every Thursday evening from 5-8.  Read More

Women In Music Celebrated At Davenport’s Figge Museum Tonight

March 25th, 2023
Women In Music Celebrated At Davenport's Figge Museum Tonight

In honor of the Figge’s major exhibit Sporting Fashion: Outdoor Girls 1800 to 1960, join the Figge at 7:30 p.m. Saturday for an evening at the museum celebrating women in music. The first half of the program will feature QCSO principal cellist Hannah Holman presenting and performing works by and inspired by influential women cellists. On the second half, Hannah will be joined by pianist Marian Lee and the QCSO String Quartet to perform Amy Beach’s Piano Quintet. Program AMY BEACH – Piano Quintet in F-sharp minor, op.67 [28’] Full program to be announced Featuring Hannah Holman, cello Marian... Read More

Enjoy A Girls’ Night Out At Davenport’s Figge Museum Tonight

March 4th, 2023
Enjoy A Girls' Night Out At Davenport's Figge Museum Tonight

Grab your gals and get ready to have a blast with B100 during Girls Night Out at the Figge March 4 at 5pm! We’re bringing the Figge to life after hours with: – Live Music from the Figge’s Quad City Bank & Trust Grand Lobby – Prizes & Giveaways every 15 Minutes – A Museum Scavenger Hunt – Make Your Own Journal: Art Activity – Brick & Motor Pop-up Shop and Exclusive Collection Drop (+ Discount) – Cash Bar Enjoy all four floors of the museum, including our latest major exhibition, “Sporting Fashion: Outdoor Girls from 1800 to 1960,” a must-see exhibition exploring over... Read More

Bix Film Screening Today At Davenport’s Figge Museum

July 31st, 2022
Bix Film Screening Today At Davenport's Figge Museum

Bix Museum, Bix Society and Truth First Film Alliance present BIX: “ain’t none of them play like him today from 1 to 3:30 p.m . at Davenport’s Figge Museum, 225 W. 2nd St. Tickets: $5. Tickets will be available at the doors the day of the screening. Members of the Bix Museum or Bix Society can get a free ticket at the doors the day of. Location: 225 W 2nd St, Davenport, IA 52801 at the Figge Art Museum John Deere Auditorium Join the Bix Beiderbecke Museum, Bix Jazz Society, and Truth First Film Alliance in watching for the first time in the Quad Cities since it’s original... Read More

There’s Lots Of Fun To Be Had In Illinois And Iowa In Our New FUN10!

July 31st, 2022
There's Lots Of Fun To Be Had In Illinois And Iowa In Our New FUN10!

Looking for fun in Illinois and Iowa this week? It’s Sunday, and QuadCities.com proudly presents Fun10, a list of the top 10 things to do in the Quad Cities this week, and every week! Every Sunday, we drop a new Fun10, to give you a head start on your week and a heads up on what’s going on over the coming seven days. Check out Fun10 every Sunday for the details on ten awesome events happening around town. It’s a cool read, and a great way to get started planning your entertainment for the week. FUN10 — ten ways for you to have fun in the Quad-Cities, this week and every week, running every... Read More

‘Road To Perdition’ Screening, Author Max Allan Collins Q & A At Davenport’s Figge Museum TODAY

March 22nd, 2022
'Road To Perdition' Screening, Author Max Allan Collins Q & A At Davenport's Figge Museum TODAY

Scott Community College, with the generosity of the Figge Art Museum, will host a screening of the award-winning film, Road to Perdition (2002), starring Tom Hanks on March 22, 2022, at the Figge Art Museum, 225 W. 2nd Street, in Davenport. The film screening will begin at 4 p.m. with the author question and answer panel to follow. Following the film will be an author question and answer panel with Max Allan Collins, author of the graphic novel, Barbara Collins, critically acclaimed author and short story writer, and Matthew Clemens, author and frequent collaborator of Max Allan Collins. This event... Read More

Davenport’s Figge Art Museum Adds New Painting, ‘The Everyday,’ By Latoya Hobbs, To Permanent Collection

March 5th, 2022
Davenport's Figge Art Museum Adds New Painting, 'The Everyday,' By Latoya Hobbs, To Permanent Collection

Exciting announcement! Thanks to a major corporate gift from Quad City Bank & Trust, the Figge Art Museum has added The Everyday by artist Latoya Hobbs to its growing permanent collection. The gift was inspired by the Figge’s Diversity and Equity Art Fund, established last year to combat the systemic inequality in the art world. The Everyday is part of a series done by Hobbs which centers “modern matriarchs” and reinforces the artist’s belief that Black women are the preservers of their families, communities, and culture. – Image Credit: The Everyday Medium: Acrylic and... Read More

Bettendorf Public Library’s Art Talk with Carol Ehlers offers inside look at local American Scene Artist

February 28th, 2022
Bettendorf Public Library’s Art Talk with Carol Ehlers offers inside look at local American Scene Artist

Artists like Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, and John Stuart Curry may be familiar names in the American Scene style. However, the Bettendorf Public Library is offering an inside look into another of the genre’s artists who happened to have local roots. Doris Lee, born in Aledo, Illinois, was one of the top female artists in the mid-1930s through the 1950s. On Saturday, March 5th at 3:00 PM, the Bettendorf Public Library will host a virtual Art Talk with Carol Ehlers. The presentation accompanies the Figge’s current exhibition, “Simple Pleasures: The Art of Doris Lee.” Thanks to the support... Read More